About the Authors

Meet The CV Dealer Editorial Team

The small team that make up the editorial team at CV Dealer Magazine and online have been around truck and van dealers for decades.

Jason Hodge – Editor CV Dealer Magazine

Jason Hodge

Jason has been brought up around commercial vehicles, first in the haulage industry – Jason’s father ran a successful transport operation prior to ‘jumping ship’ to become a commercial vehicle dealer – the company, Chris Hodge Commercial is still performing well, based in South London.

After studying at Aston University in Birmingham, Jason went straight into the transport industry, working at market-leading diesel fuelcard supplier, Keyfuels in a number of sales and marketing roles.

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Colin Medwynter

CV Dealer Features Editor Colin Medwynter

After a brief spell in the forces, Colin entered a career in publishing. Working for magazine giant EMAP (now Bauer) across a number of magazines, Colin started Trucklocator Weekly Magazine in 1995. Spending hour after hour with truck dealers using his considerable charm, Colin became accepted as a member of the commercial vehicle fraternity.Joining forces with Jason in 1998, Colin became involved in the light commercial vehicle side of the industry with Van Locator Magazine, also launching Plantlocator Weekly magazine.

2002 saw Colin launch CV Dealer as Features editor – working on the regular roundups from the auction houses, not to mention the light-hearted character assasinations carried out in the ‘In the Headlights’ features.

Colin’s interests include raising his four boys, his Harley Davidson, his wardrobe – or rather its contents and the gym.

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Tracy Gooderson

Tracy started her journalistic career back in 1991, back then her writing was restricted to freelance work in the main, due to family commitments, however this didn’t hold her back, much of her work was in the mother and baby market, writing for local authority, breastfeeding information supplements, pregnancy and birthing guides. Her children are now self sufficient, which allows her far more flexibility in her work.

She has worked for the past few years in the commercial vehicle sector and although a world apart from her experiences in the mother and baby world, she has taken to it like a baby to a bottle.